Sourcing School: Your Referral Program Might Suck. 4 Ways to Make Them Better

Sourcing School: Your Referral Program Might Suck. 4 Ways to Make Them Better

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Sourcing School: Your Referral Program Might Suck. 4 Ways to Make Them Better

Your Referral Program Might Suck. Four Ways to Make Them Better

So, you already know that referrals are your highest quality source of placements. But did you know that your current talent pool could generate hundreds of more referrals every year if you simply used the right tools to promote, manage, and scale your program?

On today’s Sourcing School podcast, we spend 10 minutes with David Folwell, the man behind the tech at StaffingReferrals.com to understand what’s good, what’s bad, and what you can do generate more $$$ as you work to build your pipeline.

1. Treat every candidate with respect because a lot of referrals come from people you don’t place – Get referrals from every interview regardless out of the outcome
2. Give Starbucks gift cards to anyone who sends you a highly qualified lead
3. Use tools like Staffing Referrals to automate the promotion
4. Share success stories about how much other candidates have made and how they made successful referrals people to you

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Authors

Ryan Leary

Ryan Leary helps create the processes, ideas and innovation that drives RecruitingDaily. He’s our in-house expert for anything related to sourcing, tools or technology. A lead generation and brand buzz building machine, he has built superior funnel systems for some of the industries top HR Tech and Recruitment brands. He is a veteran to the online community and a partner here at RecruitingDaily.

Brian Fink

As a Talent Acquisition Partner at McAfee, Brian Fink enjoys bringing people together to solve complex problems, build great products, and get things done. In his recent book, Talk Tech to Me, Fink takes on the stress and strain of complex technology concepts and simplifies them for the modern recruiter to help you find, engage, and partner with professionals.